Google Voice is a great service, but because of the iPhone’s restrictions the official app doesn’t offer an ideal experience. If you’d like to improve the way Google Voice works within iOS, here’s how you can do it.
While there are definitely fewer options when you haven’t jailbroken your iDevice, there’s still plenty you can do with Google Voice. In some cases, the non-jailbreak options may even be preferable. We’re going to take a look at both so nobody’s left out.
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The official Google Voice app was a welcome addition to the iPhone when Apple finally allowed it into the iTunes App Store. That said, it’s not perfect. It offers a decent experience, but GV Mobile + ($3, iTunes App Store) offers a better one. It provides more calling options, better voicemail viewing and playback, plus great call forwarding management. If you’re not satisfied with the Google Voice app you get for free, GV Mobile + will provide a nice upgrade.
If you’ve jailbroken your phone and want to fully integrated Google Voice calling into the default iPhone dialer, you’ll want to check out Phone GV Extension ($3, Cydia) or GVIntegrated ($2, Cydia). The Phone GV Extension has been updated for iOS 5 but GVIntegrated has not.
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